Fishing-rod.



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WITNESSES.

m: NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON. n. c.

Ill/MENTOR.

7 wwy is to lessen the friction of the To all whom it may concern:

; UNITE sTATEs PATENT- OFFICE. HENRY w. BUSCHEMEYER, or LOUISVILLE,KENTUCKY.

' FISHING-ROD. I

Specification of Letters Patent,

r mmed Dec. 25, 1906.

Be it known that I, HENRY W. Busonn- MEYER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of Louisville, in the county of Jeffersonand State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFishing-Rods, for which I desire protection by Letters Patent from theUnited States of America, and whereof the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the guide-rings which are attached tofishing-rods in greater or lesser number and which heretofore. have beenalways set on its upper side. Through these rings the line is passed andkept straight and inposition when the catch is pulled in. I would statethat this invention is applicable also to rods furnished with a separateline and landing-hook, such as I have invented and for which in the year1903 I took out a patent from the United States, numbered 760,181,issued May 17, 1904that is, such separate'line can be provided with itsown guide-rings of the kind herem described.

My object in the newly-shaped guide-rings ine against the silk wrap ingof the rod, which arises when I stand for the same parts.

the line a ways runs along the same part of the rods surface, as it nowdoes, which friction not only wears out the wrapping, but also mayresult in the breaking loose of the fish; also, to distribute the weightof. the

catch over the whole rod instead of letting it bear on the tip, and byhaving the whole rod bend in a well-rounded curve instead of a sharpbend near the tip, so as to prevent the breaking of the-latter. I attainthese ends by the construction of these rings in a form or forms shownin the accompanying sheet of drawings, the figures on which are madepart hereof.

The same letters in the different figures Figure 1 is a section of theguide-ring with a single opening for the line; Fig; 2, the same with twosuch openings, both 111 the plane of the ring. Fig. 3 is a view in aplane vertical to the ring both of the ring and of a tube holdingit to.the rod. Fig. 4 is a-guide-ring with two crescents and with pin-holes.

Ris in each figure the circular opening through which the rod is passed.

L is a crescentshaped opening with rounded ends to receive the line. 2and 4 there are two such openings, one on each side of the circularhole. That which is placed on the nether side of the rod is marked L Itwill be seen from the drawings that the points of the crescents-areblunt or rounded.

('il indicates a sleeve closely grasping the r0 P P mark the pin-holes,also the pins set in them in Fig. 4. i 1

As the fishing-rod always tapers, the several guide-rings will differ insize according to their position on the rod. The tube may be separatelyformed and brazed to the guidering, or it may be struck out from thesheet of metal of which this ring is formed. Pins stuck through thepin-holes P P on opposite sides of the rod or of its circular hole mayalso serve the purpose of the tube T if the covering of the rod iswrapped around them, thus forming a tube.

In operation the fishing-line would be laid through the crescent-shapedopenings of the guide-rings and would naturally fall into one or theother corner, and thus lie at the right or the left side of the rodinstead of lylng upon its upper surface. This would diminish thefriction and prevent the tearing up of the wrapping and t e general wearand tear of the rod also prevent its being bent sharply near the tip.When the rings .with two crescent-shaped openings are used, thefishingline could be laid alternately in one or the other of theseopenings, with this beneficial result: The wood of the rod, not beingperfectly elastic, will naturally assume aperma nent curve, if it isalways weighted in the same direction, and the result will be avoided byalternating the weight from one surface of the rod to the opposite one.This wouldbe most advisable where the catches are heavy or frequent. Agreat advantage of the line laid at the side of the rod is this: thatthe hook and bait may be thrown out to a greatdistance without dangerofwounding or killing the minnow or frog which is used for bait.

What I claim as new herein, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, isv 1. A line-guide for fishing-rods comprising a sleeve for embracing therod, and having a circular plate secured thereto, said plate beingprovided with crescent-shaped openings In Figs. 7

on opposite sides of the sleeve, whereby the In Witness whereof I havehereunto set my line may be used on either side of the pole hand in thepresence of the two Witnesses 1o substjinltially as defscriflloeid.hereto subscribed.

2. ineuide or S1lIl I'OdS com risin 7 ,7 w

5 a sleeve for embracing the 1 od, and haFving Z HENRS BUSCHEMIQ'circular plate secured thereto, said plate be- Witnesses: ing providedwith a crescent-shaped opening, LEWIS l DEMBITZ, substantially asdescribed. A. LINCOLN DEMBITZ.

